Featured This Week Comics & Graphic Novels for 1/9

Jan 06, 2019

Every week PREVIEWSworld calls attention to those books and graphic novels which stand out from all the rest. These titles from Premier Vendors and independent publishers should be at the top of your list, and can be found at your local comic shop on January 9.

ALL THE STARS ALIGN AS KELLY THOMPSON AND CARMEN CARNERO TAKE ON MARVEL'S PREMIER FEMALE SUPER HERO! As Captain Marvel, Carol Danvers has spent months in space protecting Earth from alien threats big and small, but now it's time for Earth's mightiest hero to come home. New York City has never looked so good. But every re-entry comes with the unexpected, and Carol is about to hit a whole lot of unexpected. It's a fresh start and an oversized, star-studded welcome home for a hero who's been punching the glass ceiling since the 1970s - and just in time for the first female-led film from Marvel Studios! The next 50 years of Captain Marvel starts here! Rated T+

THE ALL-NEW SECRET AVENGERS! It's hard to run the Avengers without a support staff. And for a team as wild, weird and insanely powerful as this new Avengers squad, just one Jarvis would never do. Luckily, Black Panther has assembled the wildest and weirdest support staff you've ever seen. Meet Gorilla Man, Ka-Zar and the rest of the Agents of Wakanda.

Now features the Story solicited for #61 written by Tom King with art by Mitch Gerads. The Eisner-winning creative team behind MISTER MIRACLE is back together as artist Mitch Gerads rejoins the Bat team for a special issue! Professor Pyg is loose in Gotham, and you know that means things are going to get weird... and bloody!

Superboy! Wonder Girl! Robin! Impulse! Amethyst! They're all united in YOUNG JUSTICE #1, the debut issue of a brand-new series that also introduces new heroes Teen Lantern and Jinny Hex! When the nightmare dimension known as Gemworld invades Metropolis, these teen heroes reunite to deal with the situation-but they're shocked to discover the battle may be the key to the return of Conner Kent, a.k.a. Superboy! This mix of fan favorites and new legacy heroes will be the center point for some of the biggest goings-on at DC! As if that weren't enough, Bendis reunites with all-star artist Patrick Gleason (SUPERMAN, ACTION COMICS, GREEN LANTERN CORPS) to bring the new heroes of DC's Wonder Comics to life!

SERIES PREMIERE! THE RETURN OF THE MOST ACCLAIMED CRIME COMIC OF THE 21ST CENTURY! Hot off their bestselling series KILL OR BE KILLED and their original graphic novel MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN JUNKIES, crime comic masters ED BRUBAKER and SEAN PHILLIPS finally return to their most-demanded title-as a new MONTHLY SERIES!

In this double-sized (at no additional cost!) debut issue, Teeg Lawless is back in town. But he finds himself in more trouble than ever, thanks to his delinquent teenage son-and this time, fists and bullets may not be enough to solve his problems.

A perfect introduction to CRIMINAL and its dark, exciting world, this series will also include back page art and articles to bring readers more fully into the noir experience.

This is the official adaptation of the original screenplay for Alien 3, written by William Gibson, the award-winning science fiction author of the cyberpunk cult classic Neuromancer. You'll see familiar characters and places-but not all is the same in this horrifying Cold War thriller!

The crew of the Rodina quickly find themselves in a dire situation as the U.P.P. side have an unwelcome guest aboard their ship. Meanwhile, the powers that be on the Sulaco look to replace the crew with the recently recovered android, Bishop. As they push the limits of ethics and morality, the crew decide something must be done.

Legendary swords clash atop the Paris Opera in 1913, while almost a century later a declining London witnesses assassination attempts, summit meetings in Haggerston Park, and the catastrophic return of a 1960s super-adventurer. Elsewhere, in the four-dimensional territories adjacent to the North Pole, a lost Shakespeare play sees its first and last performance, while Queen Gloriana's conjurer finally reveals the nature of his five-hundred-year-old game. Topping off an already heady mixture, this issue's classic Seven Stars reprint depicts our halcyon heroes as "Captives of the Creepyverse," another reason not to miss the unfolding of Moore and O'Neill's fulgurant finale in issue four of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume IV: The Tempest.

A new hero rises! Turok pursues his kidnapped brother... in the Badlands of the Old West! In the waning days of the Indian Wars, the U.S. cavalry has captured Andar, but Turok will stop at nothing to rescue him. But that quest will lead Turok, Andar and even the soldiers to a strange, lost land inhabited by creatures beyond their imaginations. This is Turok as you've never seen him before ... and Turok as you've always seen him! Written by acclaimed storyteller Ron Marz (Green Lantern, Silver Surfer, Witchblade), with exquisite art by Roberto Castro (Red Sojna, Flash Gordon).

Katchoo's worst nightmare comes true when a gunman breaks into her Santa Fe home and holds Francine and the kids hostage. 2,300 miles away, Katchoo must complete her mission to deliver an ancient papyrus for Stephanie or lose her family. The stakes have never been higher in the penultimate issue of Terry Moore's romantic thriller!

The United Underworld has all of Riverdale under their control and it's up to Batman, along with Archie and the Gang, to save their beloved hometown! It's going to come down to some ingenuity, a few high tech devices, and the showdown of the century right in the center of town!

When Superman and the Justice League declared themselves the ultimate authority on planet Earth, only Batman stood against them-but now Batman is defeated. His resistance army has suffered major losses and dwindled to nearly nothing. The man who always has a backup plan for his backup plans has nothing-except for one final, desperate gambit. Collects Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Four #1-12 and Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Four Annual #1!

Revisit the inhabitants of Equestria and learn about the magic that friendship brings in this adaptation of the television series' sixth season premiere! This volume adapts the two-part "The Crystalling" into an original graphic novel that sees former villains Starlight Glimmer become Twilight's pupil in this study of friendship, and Twilight's niece, Flurryheart, is born!

Cloned from a warrior and raised as a killer, Laura Kinney has gone through hell and come out the other side a hero. Now, after a stint following in the footsteps of her "father" as the All-New Wolverine, Laura returns to her roots to make sure no one else ever has to go through the horrors she did! With her sister, Gabby, and their pet wolverine, Jonathan, in tow, Laura forges her own destiny as X-23! But when Gabby becomes a target, all bets are off. As the stakes grow ever higher - and the consequences more dire - Laura must take on the psychic super-threat of her former allies, the Stepford Cuckoos! Plus: When Laura and Gabby go undercover as teacher and student to expose a deadly secret, will Gabby be teacher's pet? Will Jonathan? Collecting X-23 (2018) #1-6. Rated T+

A Diamond Select Toys release! In the wake of Justice League, the highly anticipated Aquaman movie is on our sonar, and DST is offering two new PVC dioramas based on the film! Arthur Curry, the Aquaman, faces off with the Ocean Master in these two 9-inch PVC sculptures. Featuring detailed sculpting by Rocco Tartamella based on designs by Mark Wong, each features actor likeness and fine paintwork that compares with a high-end resin statue. Each diorama is in scale to all other DC Movie Gallery PVC dioramas, and comes packaged in a full-color window box.

A Diamond Select Toys Release! Sonic boom! The most brilliant mind in Wakanda is T'Challa's sister Shuri, and she not only designs amazing weapons, she wields them! In this PVC Diorama, Shuri takes aim with her twin Vibranium gauntlets, firing blasts of sonic energy. Measuring approximately 9 inches tall, this statue features detailed sculpting by Rocco Tartamella based on a design by Nelson Asencio, and includes the character's real movie likeness. Shuri comes packaged in a full-color window box.

A Diamond Select Toys Release! We feel the need for speed! Hurtling towards your Vinimates collection come three vinyl figures straight from the world of Sonic the Hedgehog! Sonic, Tails and Dr. Eggman each get the Vinimates treatment, striking a pose from the game in the line's distinctive block-figure style. Standing approximately 4 inches tall, each Vinimate features an articulated neck for further posing options, and comes packaged in a full-color window box. Designed by Barry Bradfield!

A Diamond Select Toys Release! We feel the need for speed! Hurtling towards your Vinimates collection come three vinyl figures straight from the world of Sonic the Hedgehog! Sonic, Tails and Dr. Eggman each get the Vinimates treatment, striking a pose from the game in the line's distinctive block-figure style. Standing approximately 4 inches tall, each Vinimate features an articulated neck for further posing options, and comes packaged in a full-color window box. Designed by Barry Bradfield!

A Diamond Select Toys Release! We feel the need for speed! Hurtling towards your Vinimates collection come three vinyl figures straight from the world of Sonic the Hedgehog! Sonic, Tails and Dr. Eggman each get the Vinimates treatment, striking a pose from the game in the line's distinctive block-figure style. Standing approximately 4 inches tall, each Vinimate features an articulated neck for further posing options, and comes packaged in a full-color window box. Designed by Barry Bradfield!

A PREVIEWS Exclusive! You won't need chopsticks to catch a bobblehead figure from The Karate Kid! Jjust put these bobbleheads of Daniel Lawrence, Johnny Lawrence, or Mr. Miyagi on your desk to remind you of the classic teen karate movie on its 35th anniversary! Each bobblehead is limited to 1,984 pieces.

You won't need chopsticks to catch this bobblehead figure from The Karate Kid, just put this Johnny Laurence bobblehead on your desk to remind you of the classic teen karate movie on it's 35th Anniversary! Limited to 1,984 pieces.

From Icon Heroes. You won't need chopsticks to catch this bobblehead figure from The Karate Kid, just put this Mr. Miyagi bobblehead on your desk to remind you of the classic teen karate movie on it's 35th Anniversary! Limited to 1,984 pieces.